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List of archipelagos by number of islands

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List of archipelagos by number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays:

Name of the archipelago Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays Location (total number of islands)
Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago) 50,000 (Approx.) Finland
Malay Archipelago 38,000 (approx.)[1] Indonesia
Canadian Arctic Archipelago 36,563 Canada
Stockholm Archipelago 34,316 Sweden
Thirty Thousand Islands 30,000 (approx.) Canada
Malay Archipelago 25,000 (approx.) Southeast Asia
Lake of the Woods Islands 14,632[2] Canada and United States
Småland archipelago 12,740 Swedish East Coast Archipelago (21,628)
Öregrund archipelago 9,722 Sweden
Östergötland archipelago 8,888 Sweden
Philippine Archipelago 7,641[3] Philippines
Kvarken Archipelago 6,500 Finland
British Isles 6,289 British Isles
Södermanland archipelago 5,371 Södermanland archipelago, Sweden
Bahama Archipelago (Lucayan Archipelago) 3,200 The Bahamas
Japanese archipelago 6,852[4] Japan
Seto Inland Sea 3,000 Japan
Great Barrier Reef 2,900 (reefs), 900 (islands) Queensland, Australia
Chile 43,471[5] Chile
Ha Long Bay 1,960 – 2,000 Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam
Thousand Islands 1,864 Saint Lawrence River, Canada–United States border
Zhoushan Archipelago 1,390 (islands) China (5,000)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands, Coastal India 1208 India
Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea 1,200 – 6,000 Greece
Dalmatia 1,200 Croatia
Maldive Islands 1,192 (coral islands) Maldives
Alexander Archipelago 1,100 United States
West Estonian archipelago 900[6] Estonia
Mergui Archipelago 800 Myanmar
Falkland Islands 776[7] Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
New Zealand Archipelago 600 New Zealand
Aegean Sea, Marmara Sea, Black Sea 500 (approx.) Turkey
Recherche Archipelago 105[8] Australia

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nautical chart: International no. 1205, SE61, Baltic Sea, North, Sea of Åland" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Lake of the Woods". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Mayuga, Jonathan (10 February 2016). "Namria 'discovers' 400 previously 'unknown' PHL islands using IfSAR". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Facts and Figures of Japan 2007 01: Land" (PDF). Foreign Press Center Japan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  5. ^ "Bienes Nacionales estima que existen 43.471 islas en Chile: Más de 11 mil aún no tienen nombre". 16 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  6. ^ Lääne-Eesti saarestik - Eesti Entsüklopeedia
  7. ^ "The Islands: Location". Falkland Islands Government web site. 2007. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
  8. ^ "Recherche Archipelago: Bay of Isles". Tourist information website. 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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